These 4 famous poetry books are disappointing: Rupi Kaur, Orion Carloto, Courtney Peppernell

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  • I got these believing that the high ratings online were justified. But no.
    I get that some people are a fan of these types of texts. Sadly, I'm not one of them.
    Enjoy watching!
    Pauline
    Products used:
    milk & honey - Rupi Kaur
    the girl and her flowers - Rupi Kaur
    FLUX - Orion Carloto
    Pillow Thoughts - Courtney Peppernell
    00:00 - 02:15 Intro
    02:16 - 04:24 FLUX
    04:25 - 08:29 Pillow Thoughts
    08:30 - 22:04 Rupi Kaur
    22:05 - 31:09 Animal Poems
    31:10 - 40:58 Closing Thoughts
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  • @PauPauPauPau
    @PauPauPauPau  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As always, here are the time stamps:
    00:00 - 02:15 Intro
    02:16 - 04:24 FLUX
    04:25 - 08:29 Pillow Thoughts
    08:30 - 22:04 Rupi Kaur
    22:05 - 31:09 Animal Poems
    31:10 - 40:58 Closing Thoughts

  • @ingejustavanderhelm5208
    @ingejustavanderhelm5208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    4:00 "just call it a quotes collection" --- spot on Pauline!

    • @CosmicCait
      @CosmicCait 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To be fair, single lines that seem quote like are called a monostich poem. Still poetry.

  • @gabriellagabs1939
    @gabriellagabs1939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I love how you're blunt and direct about these over hyped poems. Don't get me wrong, I love their themes and some of its content, but there should be more improvement to their work.

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Indeed! The ideas are there, but that's not enough at least imo

  • @val_jann8923
    @val_jann8923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I just want to say that I love the way you review poetry, always super respectful and with such valuable constructive criticism :)

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you so much! This is so important to me. If you ever feel like this is not the case, then call me out on it! 💙💙

  • @okeily
    @okeily 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Those awful books aside, this may be one of my favorite rants online. Especially enjoyed the second half of the video, where you shared your thoughts on good poetry. I feel exactly the same way. Mammas proud 😢

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you friend-mom! Even bad / mediocre poetry is entertaining at times. These books had some really nice pieces, but the rest made me numb, shame!

  • @junevang-sitcler7852
    @junevang-sitcler7852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    you should try ‘film for her’ by orion carloto, she’s def improved since flux

  • @lucythegoldenretriever
    @lucythegoldenretriever ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your commentary is clear and frank which is what I love. Straight to the point! Happy to hear that poetry helped you to lift your mood! Thank you so much for sharing this!! Lucy is sending her full support to you! You've got a new friend here!! 🥰😊 Like 157!!

  • @mariline355
    @mariline355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Give Orion new book a chance it’s called “film for her”. Amazing one! Very different from her first book.

    • @noamweizmann
      @noamweizmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I skimmed through it at Barnes & Noble, there’s zero improvement in her work, she’s not a good writer.

    • @sarahcamillechiago51
      @sarahcamillechiago51 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@noamweizmann I sat in Barnes and Noble and read her ENTIRE book because I was waiting for a passage captivating enough to get me to buy it…BUT NOTHING PERSUADED ME!!!!! But her photography is absolutely stunning. It should of just been a photography book 😭

    • @noamweizmann
      @noamweizmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@sarahcamillechiago51 Yeah it should’ve had zero words in it. Her writing reminds me of a journal written by a 12 year old girl and it’s definitely NOT poetry of any kind!

    • @orchardjpg
      @orchardjpg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@noamweizmann definitely agree, it's Tumblr or notes app poetry just broken thoughts, no flow, no depth, no inferences, no digging. Just statements lol

    • @noamweizmann
      @noamweizmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@orchardjpg there’s no depth whatsoever. maybe it’s because she never went to school for it? i’m not sure. but it’s not even poetry lmao

  • @drhall343
    @drhall343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The amount of run-on sentences in these poems is painful. 😭

  • @thisclau
    @thisclau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great commentary video. I enjoyed the fact that you added other people's smart comments on the books too. It all makes me reflect on my own writing.

  • @Myelbaby
    @Myelbaby 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The person who said she doesn’t understand why someone would break up lines like that does not understand poetry. Even the great Maya Angelou wrote like that and I have a copy of her book written in 1990. To each their own.
    I’m in the process of writing my poetry book, so your video sheds light on the things that I need to be weary of before publishing it. Thank you for the video. 🫶🏼

    • @thesoundsofearth4454
      @thesoundsofearth4454 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The point I believe is that line break, as any poetic device, has to have meaning and intention that serves the poem. The critique for modern poets is that line break is used to make a quote look like a poem instead of being used to elevate a good poem to be even better. Hope that makes sense! Maya Angelou used line breaks intentionally to make her poetry impactful. Poets like kaur and Hanna seem to use line break without the level of intention of a poet like Angelou

    • @everynewdayisablessing8509
      @everynewdayisablessing8509 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bad poem will not get better JUST by splitting it into many lines. A prose sentence is still a prose sentence, even with line breaks. She was not bashing splitting poems into separate lines, this can be done, but needs to be a well written poetic poem to begin with.

  • @noamweizmann
    @noamweizmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I used to love Orion when I was younger, I loved her on Vine (ik so long ago) and her TH-cam videos were fun to watch, but her poetry is extremely bad. It’s not even poetry……

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I would call it pretty prose with a rhyme here and there

    • @noamweizmann
      @noamweizmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PauPauPauPau yes exactly.

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    8:30 She is writing fortune cookie poems (crack one open and tell me the difference)! 🥠

  • @imallwrite571
    @imallwrite571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If I buy a book like this it's normally to use as prompts

  • @mayranohelia
    @mayranohelia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing video!!!! ✨

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, darling! 💅

  • @gabriellagabs1939
    @gabriellagabs1939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Also, can I suggest that you review these two poetry books? It's called When You Ask Me Where I'm Going by Jasmin Kaur and Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass by Lana Del Rey. Would love to hear your insights about them!

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good suggestions! I will be on holiday for a while but I will keep them in mind for future videos ❤️ I don't post as often as other ytbers because I work and study at the same time. I'll get to it as soon as I can. So sorry!

    • @gabriellagabs1939
      @gabriellagabs1939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PauPauPauPau It's fine! Good luck and I look forward to your upcoming reviews

  • @sunlight_sonata6033
    @sunlight_sonata6033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your videos so much!

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much! Your comment made my day 💙💙

  • @nk-zr8rw
    @nk-zr8rw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I couldn’t agree more

  • @wxlfbyte
    @wxlfbyte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i bought a rupi kaur book when i was doing a year writing a poem everyday, hoping for inspiration.... lets just say i didnt get much from milk and honey...

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was just announced that she would do a tour and pass by my country. I still don't get the hype surrounding her. I guess it's just easy to read and understand.

    • @wxlfbyte
      @wxlfbyte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PauPauPauPau maybe because its not like typical poetry? some people dont like trying to decipher themes, so something where everything is just surface level makes them more comfortable?
      i really tried to like rupi kaur's stuff, too, but i just couldn't connect to most of it emotionally.

  • @rievans57
    @rievans57 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good video. Poetry is nothing more than a transfer of emotion. Somehow, someway these Instagram/Andrews McMeel Publishing poets have accomplished this. I wish these poets would challenge themselves more but if what your are writing makes money then why change?

  • @harashe1000
    @harashe1000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh no-- I liked your breakdown of poetry so much I went to subscribe, but it looks like this is the last video you created for a while :( I'm going to subscribe anyway and be happily surprised if you do choose to upload more videos

  • @PianoMelodyCovers
    @PianoMelodyCovers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Have you read Unearthed Love Poems and Unveiled Love Poems? Both by Youssef Fakhreddine.

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not yet, good suggestions!!

  • @samanthajustin243
    @samanthajustin243 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9:50 I wanted to comment that in the intro of milk and honey by Rupi Kaur she stated she was writing about sexual assault that other women went through not necessarily her experience

    • @everynewdayisablessing8509
      @everynewdayisablessing8509 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't own her book and I'm not going to buy it following so many bad reviews from people who actully love real poetry. I must say I suspected that after watching her perform one of her poems about SA. She read it totally innapropriately, in a cringy sensual way, about act that happened to a little girl and alarm bells started ringing in my head.

  • @VampireHellie
    @VampireHellie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “But these books made me even more depressed.”😭

  • @CosmicCait
    @CosmicCait 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you ever heard of a Monostich? It's literally a single line idea or poem. Doesn't have any format. Poetry is also no longer held captive by a specific set of rules for formatting. That's why there are different types of poetry.

  • @Serendip98
    @Serendip98 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rupy Kaur :
    "you might not have been my first love
    but you are the one that made
    all other loves seem
    irrelevant"
    OMG. OMG. OMG.

  • @Oriental-whispers
    @Oriental-whispers ปีที่แล้ว

    The animal poem book is an a anthology by who please?

  • @vidur.vachan
    @vidur.vachan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In today's time, a best seller need not be of great writing. It's all about the marketing, power of publishing houses, and how scandalous and pure nonsense they can come up with. Fake deep poetry.

  • @marlowem9045
    @marlowem9045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have seen Ariel Bisett's documentary "#poetry"?

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have not!

    • @marlowem9045
      @marlowem9045 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PauPauPauPau it's been a while since I've watched it but it's basically an opinion piece about how insta poetry such as Rupi Kaurs is in fact poetry and moreover changing poetry as an art form. I'm agreeing with your point of view about how the form of poetry must first be understood before it can be changed. (sorry for my bad English)

    • @PauPauPauPau
      @PauPauPauPau  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@marlowem9045 I'll have to watch the video, because at first glance I don't agree. I feel it's more a form of slam poetry, better if you say it aloud than read it. I'm not a fan of this format

  • @Andy-ne5qi
    @Andy-ne5qi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I looked up "poetry book review" here on TH-cam to look for recommendations and the top video had rupi Kaur and the princess saves herself in this one 🤢

    • @Andy-ne5qi
      @Andy-ne5qi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As recommendations, not criticism

  • @Oriental-whispers
    @Oriental-whispers ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That poem about the snail, is a metaphor... that is a device used in poetry. One needs to know what to do to be able to write. Takes study and knowledge lol this other books are simply statements to its best... boring as you say

  • @justinedse8435
    @justinedse8435 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What in the world are these? Sentence fragments? These aren't even poems, lolol.

  • @Oriental-whispers
    @Oriental-whispers ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Today's so called artists ... well, damn! The world needs help

  • @justinedse8435
    @justinedse8435 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    These poems seem like they were written by five year olds.